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No, the President Has Not Defied a Supreme Court Ruling
The exaggerations on both sides are spectacular. The truth? There’s less to the case than meets the eye.
Jed Rubenfeld
Should the Menendez Brothers Be Released?
Increasingly, judges are giving lighter sentences to criminals who suffered abuse during childhood. That could be good news for Erik and Lyle Menendez.
Esther Haynes
Fight Club: Execute Luigi Mangione?
Charles Fain Lehman says Mangione’s alleged crime is the very reason the death penalty exists. Nick Gillespie says the government has no business taking…
Charles Fain Lehman  and Nick Gillespie
The Legal Trick Being Used to Trip Up Trump
Judges are issuing orders that block government policies from taking effect anywhere in the country. Jed Rubenfeld explains what to do about them.
Jed Rubenfeld
Think Congress Will Stop Trump’s Tariffs? Think Again.
Trump’s tariff edicts are a sign of how far the United States’ political reality has strayed from its constitutional design.
Charles Lane
Jed Rubenfeld: Are Trump’s Tariffs Legal?
The president’s economic policies could soon be challenged in court. But do the president’s opponents have a chance?
Jed Rubenfeld
Luigi Mangione Fans ‘Coming in Hot’ After News of Death Penalty
Within one hour, hundreds have given more than $12,000 to ‘free Luigi’—the heartthrob accused of killing a CEO.
Olivia Reingold
Jay Bhattacharya: ‘Fauci’s Pardon Is a Good Thing’
The new National Institutes of Health director tells The Free Press that he forgives the very people who nearly destroyed his career.
Maya Sulkin
Mom Who Sued School for DEI Records Told They’re ‘a Trade Secret’
A Pennsylvania school refused to divulge its curriculum on the grounds of confidentiality. Then a mother fought the district in a state appellate court.
Frannie Block
Jed Rubenfeld: Donald Trump’s War on Big Law
The president is pursuing a vigorous—and possibly unconstitutional—campaign against the nation’s top law firms. Will any of it stick?
Jed Rubenfeld
‘I Applied for a Work Visa—and Was Thrown in Prison for Weeks’
As a law-abiding Canadian working in the U.S., Jasmine Mooney, 35, thought getting a new visa would be easy. Then she was handcuffed and put in an ICE…
Jasmine Mooney
WATCH: Leonard Leo—The Man Who Rebuilt the Supreme Court
The Federalist Society chairman talks Trump, threats against judges, and why the pro-life movement is at the lowest point in its history.
Bari Weiss
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